Search results for: “law dictionaries”

  • Law Reports

    English Spanish Translation of Law Reports Law reports repertorio de jurisprudenciaFind other English to Spanish translations from the Pocket Spanish English Legal Dictionary (print and online), the English to Spanish to English dictionaries (like Law Reports) and the Word […]

  • Ecclesiastical Law

    The law of the church . In England, the lay or secular courts were separated from the ecclesiastical courts after the Conquest and the latter were invested with the sole jurisdiction over ecclesiastical causes, which included the subject of marriage and divorce . In modern times, […]

  • Ecclesiastical Law

    The law of the church . In England, the lay or secular courts were separated from the ecclesiastical courts after the Conquest and the latter were invested with the sole jurisdiction over ecclesiastical causes, which included the subject of marriage and divorce . In modern times, […]

  • Law Of Arms

    Law Of Arms

    That law which gives precepts and rules concerning war, how to make and observe leagues and truce, to punish offenders in the camp, and such like. Cowell ; Blount. Now more commonly called the law of war. …

  • General Law

    General Law

    Relates to a whole genus or kind, to a whole class or order. Opposed, local or special law….

  • General Law

    General Law

    Relates to a whole genus or kind, to a whole class or order. Opposed, local or special law….

  • Common Law Action

    Common Law Action

    An action maintainable at common law….

  • Common Law Action

    Common Law Action

    An action maintainable at common law….

  • Due Process of Law

    Law in its regular course of administration through courts of justice. 3 Story, Const. 264, 661; 18 How. (U. S.) 272; 13 N. Y. 378. It is the equivalent to law of the land, as used in Magna Charta. Co. Inst. 60; 18 How. (U. S.) 272; 11 Mich. 129. Whatever difficulty may […]

  • Corn Laws

    Laws regulating the trade in breadstuffs. The object of corn laws is to secure a regular and steady supply of the great staples of food; and for this object the means adopted in different countries and at different times widely vary, sometimes involving restriction or prohibition upon the […]

  • Brother-In-Law

    The county W. Vaã 233 S.E.2d 703.

  • Unlawful Assembly

    Unlawful Assembly

    At common law, a meeting of three or more persons with a common plan in mind which, if carried out, will result in a riot. See Commonwealth v Duitch, 165 Pa. Super 187, 67 A.2d 821.

  • Unlawful Assembly

    Unlawful Assembly

    At common law, a meeting of three or more persons with a common plan in mind which, if carried out, will result in a riot. See Commonwealth v Duitch, 165 Pa. Super 187, 67 A.2d 821.

  • Law Merchant

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Law merchant Meaning of Law merchant In England. The general body of commercial usages in matters relative to commerce. Blackstone calls it the “custom of merchants,” and ranks it under the head […]

  • Falcidian Law

    Law promulgated in 714 A. D. in Rome which governed disposition of property of testator with family . The law provided that testator with family could not exercise testamentary disposition of more than t.r.e. fourths of his estate . See U.S. v Perkins, 163 U.S. 625, 41 L.Ed. 287, […]